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1951 Rhode Island Rams football team

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1951 Rhode Island Rams football
ConferenceYankee Conference
Record3–5 (1–3 Yankee)
Head coach
Home stadiumMeade Stadium
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maine $ 3 0 1 6 0 1
UMass 2 0 0 3 4 1
Connecticut 2 1 0 4 4 0
New Hampshire 1 2 1 5 2 1
Rhode Island 1 3 0 3 5 0
Vermont 0 3 0 0 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1951 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1951 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Ed Doherty, the team compiled a 3–5 record (1–3 against conference opponents), finished in fifth place out of six teams in the Yankee Conference, and was outscored by a total of 133 to 130.[1][2] The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 22at NortheasternL 0–21
September 29at Maine
L 0–12
October 6New HampshireW 27–0
October 13at BrownL 13–20
October 20at UMassL 7–40
November 3Springfield
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
W 25–19
November 10Brooklyn
  • Meade Stadium
  • Kingston, RI
W 52–0
November 17at Connecticut
L 6–21

References

  1. ^ "2009 Rhode Island Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. 2009. p. 115.
  2. ^ "Rhode Island Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved August 10, 2020.